. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. ,11 ,?-»• » ^1 STUDY Fi Pen and wash. 1641 (Stockholm Print Room). staff in hand; and embracesreverence. The young her girl someThe goose, some fowls, ath(; handling equalsfalls full on the twoscene, and the peacock on a wall. The easy elegancethe charm of the chiaroscuro. Thewomen, the central group of the cheerfulspectators attention is at once riveted on them. light Elizabeths somewhat sombre dress, and the shadow cast onher face by her yellowish wimple, accentuate the brilliant figureof the Virgin, the flower-like freshness and harmony
. Rembrandt : his life, his work, and his time. ,11 ,?-»• » ^1 STUDY Fi Pen and wash. 1641 (Stockholm Print Room). staff in hand; and embracesreverence. The young her girl someThe goose, some fowls, ath(; handling equalsfalls full on the twoscene, and the peacock on a wall. The easy elegancethe charm of the chiaroscuro. Thewomen, the central group of the cheerfulspectators attention is at once riveted on them. light Elizabeths somewhat sombre dress, and the shadow cast onher face by her yellowish wimple, accentuate the brilliant figureof the Virgin, the flower-like freshness and harmony of her. The Carpenters Household {1640). (louvre.) MANOAHS PRAYER 205 many-tinted garments, the sweet refinement of her innocent face,and the dehcate bloom of a complexion pink and transparent as abriar-rose. In 1641 Rembrandt executed a more important work, the Alanoa/isPrayer in the Dresden Gallery. The subject was one to which hewas anxious to do justice, for he made two preliminary drawings forthis picture ; one is in the Stockholm Print Room, the other in theBerlin Museum. The composition in the former, the more finished
Size: 1452px × 1720px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1903
